{"id":2434114,"date":"2025-05-13T13:25:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T17:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/press-tries-to-pretend-it-didnt-cover-up-bidens-decline\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T13:26:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T17:26:44","slug":"press-tries-to-pretend-it-didnt-cover-up-bidens-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/press-tries-to-pretend-it-didnt-cover-up-bidens-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Tries To Pretend It Didn&#8217;t Cover Up Biden&#8217;s Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpress-tries-to-pretend-it-didnt-cover-up-bidens-decline%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2434114&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Tuesday, Axios reporter Alex Thompson revealed discussions among aides of then-President joe Biden regarding his potential use of a wheelchair if he were re-elected, as reported in a new book he co-authored with CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper. This book, titled *Original Sin: President Biden&#8217;s Decline, It&#8217;s Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again*, presents accounts of Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline and the media&#8217;s complicity in downplaying it. <\/p>\n<p>Quotes from the book highlight concerns about Biden&#8217;s condition; one anonymous former aide noted efforts to shield Biden from his staff due to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-queen-elizabeth-will-privately-quiz-senior-royals-over-meghan-and-harrys-racism-claims\/\" title=\"Report: Queen Elizabeth Will \u2018Privately Quiz\u2019 Senior Royals Over Meghan And Harry\u2019s Racism Claims\">declining mental state<\/a> since 2023. David Plouffe criticized Biden&#8217;s mishandling of the 2024 campaign, arguing it was detrimental to Kamala Harris&#8217;s short-lived run. Critics,including The Federalist&#8217;s Sean Davis,suggest that the media&#8217;s late acknowledgment of these issues is a self-serving attempt to absolve itself of obligation for neglecting the truth while covering Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson&#8217;s earlier dismissals of Biden&#8217;s gaffes as sarcasm and claims that his outbursts signify respect showcase a persistent denial within the media about biden&#8217;s mental fitness. this has been echoed by various other news outlets, which have previously labeled concerns about Biden&#8217;s age as conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n<p>the narrative suggests that the media is only now addressing Biden&#8217;s cognitive issues due to a perceived lack of political consequences,framing themselves as misled rather than as participants in a prolonged cover-up. The article emphasizes a broader issue of accountability within the media regarding its role in portraying Biden&#8217;s health and fitness for office.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On Tuesday, Axios&rsquo; Alex Thompson reported that aides for then-President Joe Biden &ldquo;discussed wheelchair use if he were re-elected.&rdquo; That information comes from a book that Thompson, along with CNN&rsquo;s Jake Tapper, has written about Biden&rsquo;s cognitive decline and, ironically, the cover-up of it (that Thompson and Tapper both engaged in).<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/may\/12\/biden-harris-david-plouffe-book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">excerpts<\/a> from <em>Original Sin: President Biden&rsquo;s Decline, It&rsquo;s Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again<\/em> read like a confessional of sins long known to anyone with a functioning frontal lobe.<\/p>\n<p>One quote from the book comes from an anonymous senior ex-Biden aide: &ldquo;We attempted to shield him from his own staff &hellip; so many people didn&rsquo;t realize the extent of the decline beginning in 2023.&rdquo; Another quote comes from David Plouffe, who successfully managed Barack Obama&rsquo;s 2008 campaign. Plouffe is quoted as saying that Kamala Harris&rsquo; 107-day campaign against now President Donald Trump was a &ldquo;fucking nightmare.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And it&rsquo;s all Biden,&rdquo; Plouffe reportedly said. &ldquo;He totally f*cked us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But these supposed revelations aren&rsquo;t revelatory at all &mdash; they&rsquo;re merely a last-ditch attempt at institutional face-saving. As The Federalist CEO and co-founder Sean Davis <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seanmdav\/status\/1922294449092141238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said in a post<\/a> on X, &ldquo;This is a reputation rescue operation for corrupt corporate media. They&rsquo;re only doing this now, after covering it up for years, because there&rsquo;s no political cost. And to superficially absolve themselves of blame for being co-conspirators in the cover-up, they have to pretend they were misled.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That is exactly why Thompson got up in front of a room full of self-congratulating so-called journalists last month and said &ldquo;We, myself included, missed a lot of this story.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But the media was not misled, nor were they fooled.<\/p>\n<p>When Biden ended a speech on gun control with a baffling, &ldquo;God Save the Queen, man,&rdquo; Thompson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexThomp\/status\/1670430457811333120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brushed<\/a> it off as &ldquo;possible&rdquo; sarcasm. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Biden&rsquo;s weird phrases are sometimes weaponized by the GOP to insinuate the 80-year-old president is in mental decline,&rdquo; Thompson&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexThomp\/status\/1670430791841480706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;But Biden has been using these unique phrases for years &mdash; even as some of his aides remain confused by their meaning.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thompson&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/07\/10\/biden-temper-us-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">also dismissed<\/a>&nbsp;Biden&rsquo;s profanity-laced tirades against his staff as a sign of respect.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Being yelled at by the president has become an internal initiation ceremony in this White House, aides say &mdash; if Biden doesn&rsquo;t yell at you, it could be a sign he doesn&rsquo;t respect you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homecareassistancedesmoines.com\/whats-making-my-elderly-parent-angry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained<\/a> by Home Care Assistance Des Moines, &ldquo;Cognitive decline can cause aging adults to have sudden outbursts of anger &hellip; Your loved one&rsquo;s anger could also be a sign of dementia.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&rsquo;t just Thompson who covered up the decline &mdash; err, I mean, &ldquo;missed&rdquo; the story. <\/p>\n<p>Days before the 2024 debate between Biden and President Donald Trump,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/25\/media\/republican-debate-conspiracy-biden\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oliver Darcy<\/a>&nbsp;wrote for CNN: &ldquo;Right-wing media figures are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-hacks-who-hid-bidens-senility-shouldnt-be-trusted-again\/\" title=\"Media Hacks Who Hid ...s Senility Shouldn&#039;t Be Trusted Again\">desperately pushing conspiracy theories<\/a> about Biden ahead of the debate.&rdquo; The &ldquo;conspiracy theories&rdquo; in question were that Biden is a &ldquo;senile, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >mentally incapacitated elderly man<\/a> who cannot remember what he had for breakfast, let alone run the federal government.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Independent&rsquo;s Noah Berlatsky&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/voices\/biden-fact-check-mental-decline-b2373172.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>&nbsp;in July of 2023: &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s fact check Biden&rsquo;s so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-lying-about-bidens-senility-journos-lie-about-the-cover-up\/\" title=\"After Lying About ...s Senility, Journos Lie About The ...Up\">-called mental decline&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and argued that &ldquo;questions about the president&rsquo;s fitness for office aren&rsquo;t in good faith.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>NBC News&rsquo; Matt Dixon, Dasha Burns, and Alex Tabet&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/republicans-float-conspiracy-theory-biden-wont-ballot-rcna121467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>&nbsp;in October of 2023, &ldquo;Republicans float a quiet conspiracy theory that Biden won&rsquo;t be on the ballot,&rdquo; adding the theory was &ldquo;centered largely on the thought that Biden is too old and not sharp enough mentally.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/28\/after-lying-about-bidens-obvious-senility-corrupt-journos-lie-about-the-cover-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">examples<\/a> go on and on. <\/p>\n<p>Yet the propaganda press would rather paint themselves as idiots by pretending they were outwitted by a man who forgot details of his son&rsquo;s death and reportedly had sundowning hours. Rather than admit they helped bury the truth, the propaganda press is pretending as though Biden was a mastermind who duped the entire White House press corps with incoherent mumbling and confusion.<\/p>\n<p>The press weren&rsquo;t fooled nor misled &mdash; they were willing participants. But now that there&rsquo;s no political price to pay for telling the truth, they&rsquo;re ready to cash in. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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